How much to lower by?

[floz123]

Hi guys, I hope I'm posting this in the right section. Basically I'm putting some 15" pro race 1.2's with 195 55 rubber. I want the car low and wondered what springs etc people have used to get the wheel in the arch and looking respectable? I was thinking 60mm but thought I'd ask first :-)
Cheers
Dan

[vlj]

15s with 55 profile on 60m springs!

[KrisB]

Give us a shout if you want the lowering done propperly. I can also supply springs

[floz123]

Sorry guys I wrote that wrong...they're 195 50's. Looks good on 55's though I must say. As for the springs...what are you able to get hold of? I can do all the lowering myself ;-)

[vlj]

Same springs, 50 profile


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[floz123]

Nice one cheers pal. Might have to go a bit lower...hmmmmm think I'll just settle with 60 for the moment. Same on the rear too.

[Eeyore]

60mm looks sick but you will scrape. ive ruined my front bumper now. With 60mm youll scrape the arches with 55 profiles so youll ned to drop down to 50 profiles. Which are the cheapest tyres anyway.
40mm is just as good handling wise but doesnt look as low.

[Dan!]

Yeah, careful of going 60mm - its not for the faint hearted that's for sure!

[floz123]

I meant 50 profiles lol. They turned up today...195 50 15 Uniroyal rain sport 2 ;-) rate these highly as I've got them on my other toy. Think I'm gonna go for 60...how bad can it be

[Dan!]

Seriously it will be fine. Personally id get it on coilovers and be going for ~80mm, but 60mm looks good for the price of a cheap set of springs

[floz123]

I'm glad someone said that! Was thinking 80mm lol would be comfortably low ;-) ideally I'd like coilovers but need to find myself a bargain pair as I'm going it on a tight budget

[silverzx]

80mm if you want it to stick like a go-kart!

[declantg]

Don't even know what I'm lowered by, but it's a lot

[floz123]

Sod it 80 it is!! Does anyone happen to know of a set of coilies for sale? Yeah declan yours looks low!!

[declantg]

Good man, 60 is for pussies,

Glad you're slamming

[Dan!]

60mm saxo/106 springs will drop a 306 ~70/80mm, slightly too lower spring rates because theyre intended for a lighter car, but you really wont notice on a road car tbh

[floz123]

Basically gonna try and do it till either the wheel disappears in the arch lol. Might have to be coilovers...I do like a stiffer ride...not keen on soft springs tbh but thanks for the advise anyways man.

[declantg]

I thought I had coilies on mine, turned out I be spaxo springs.
Can hardly notice mate my ride is stiff as f*ck

[floz123]

Oh really?? What shocks are you running mate?

[declantg]

Once again, I have no idea mate I didn't fit them
At a guess though I would say standard shocks

[floz123]

Okay pal not to worry. Want it to handle reasonably well so may go springs...if I can find coilovers then that's a bonus

[declantg]

Well it's cheaper to go springs
And mine isn't to bad, got a f*cked rear beam mount but that's a different story :L
Where are you from?

[Arron]

Dec your very low on the back!!!

Im 60 mm at the front and around 50 at the back. But im running 17's with spacers

[Jonny81191]

Sorry but there's no way 60mm catches on 55 profiles, I know for a fact that Carl is running 60mm on 55's and has no issues, and I'm running 60mm on 205/45/16's with no issues either.

Same springs, 50 profile


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Get the rear lowered on some bigger TB's, that looks so much like mine did, it'll also stop 99% of the catching on the bumper, mine was getting silly with standard rear, 60mm front and a laguna splitter, scraped everywhere!

[declantg]

I'm running 55 profiles and not rubbing..

[floz123]

Yeah I not long put a new rear beam on mine as I had serious camber and the wheel rubbed through my liner :p I'm in the Woking area mate where about are you? Ideally I'd like to go coilovers as I can get the perfect level...but springs may have to do with this budget are there many uprated TB's out there then? Never looked....

[declantg]

I'm in Suffolk, I say go springs. Decent springs are better than cheap coilies

[vlj]

Sorry but there's no way 60mm catches on 55 profiles, I know for a fact that Carl is running 60mm on 55's and has no issues, and I'm running 60mm on 205/45/16's with no issues either.

Same springs, 50 profile


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Untitled by 306ep, on Flickr

Get the rear lowered on some bigger TB's, that looks so much like mine did, it'll also stop 99% of the catching on the bumper, mine was getting silly with standard rear, 60mm front and a laguna splitter, scraped everywhere!

Rear is being lowered at weekend!
But to be fair usually I have enough stuff in it that its weighed down to be sat level anyway!

[floz123]

Okay cheers for the advise bud. What did you do for the rear with TB's and shocks?

[floz123]

What do people do on the rear then? Im aware of the torsion bar lowering etc...but what shocks do people use?